The Round Table

The Round Table
©2014 “THE ROUND TABLE” Film Partners
  • Thursday, June 4, 17:30 Mousonturm Saal
  • 円卓 こっこ、ひと夏のイマジン
    Entaku kokko, hitonatsu no imagin
  • Japan 2014, Blu-ray, 113 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • Director: Isao YUKISADA
  • Script: Chihiro ITO, based on a novel by Kanako NISHI
  • Production: Second Sight, Thefool
  • Camera: Jun FUKUMOTO
  • Music: Meina Co
  • World sales: Pony Canyon
  • Cast: Mana ASHIDA, Shu ITO, Misato AOYAMA, Norito YASHIMA, Aki HANO
  • European premiere
  • Competition Nippon Cinema Award

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Third­grader Kotoko shares a cramped flat with her seven family members. But rather than living a happy family life, she'd prefer to be special like the children in her class that have to wear eyepatches, stutter or suffer from cardiac dysrhythmia. With visual finesse, director Isao YUKISADA takes us into Kotokos world, which breathes childlike lightheartedness but is occasionally intruded by the darker features of the adult world.

Director Bio
Isao YUKISADA was born in Kumamoto Prefecture in 1968. He attended Toho Gakuen Film Techniques College and was an assistant director for Shunji IWAI, among others. His second feature film SUNFLOWER (2000) won the prestigious FIPRESCI award at the 5th Busan Int. Film Festival. With over 20 feature films and many awards, YUKISADA has established himself as a household name for sophisticated entertainment.

Filmography (selection)
1998 Open House; 2000 Sunflower (Himawari); 2001 Go; 2002 Rock'n'Roll mishin (NC '03); 2004 Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World (Sekai no chushin de, ai o sakebu / NC '05); 2010 Parade; 2013 Before the Vigil (Tsuya no yoru)

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